Dinu Lipatti "His Last Recital" on Angel 35439 Chopin, Bach, MozartOne of his last public recitals as he was dying of Hodgkin's Lymphoma. A series of injections of the new wonder drug "cortisone" gave him the strength to perform again. As he performs, you can detect his increasing fatigue. A great talent and one of the great interpreters of Chopin. A 1950 recording on the inconsistent blue Angel label. This one, however, is excellent.

Charles Ives Piano Sonata #2 on DG 2530 215I try to like this composer, but it just isn't my cup of tea. I'll be making some space in my collection and several 20th century composers are going to be listed for sale cheap soon. Mint promo copy.

Columbia MS 6567 Debussy for Piano Philippe EntremontImages book 1&2Children's Corner SuiteEntremont does good work on Debussy, and the later Columbia pressing isn't as bad as most of their later garbage. This is a particularly beautiful cut... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EU8c2JQ5dQ

I don’t know whether to post this here or in what Avant Garde music are you listening to:

This afternoon at Live from the Met in HD:Thomas Ades excellent adaptation of Luis Bunuel’s Exterminating Angel. Wonderful. Way better than the film imho. Way better.

And ... the performance prominently features tiny violins and ... an ondes Martenot ... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay cool!!

“But the opera’s most consequential and unusual instrument is the ondes Martenot, an early electronic instrument invented in 1928 by French cellist and radio/telegraph operator Maurice Martenot. The name of the instrument translates as “Martenot waves,”